Henry m



1.. .TJ e e h S S t Du e h S 2 L L. .H E SW NM BS .A MG H d. d 0 M O W No. 126,101. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

FIGJ.

trans w1, mum-mno., wAsu (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2. H. M. BISSELL.

GAS STOVE.

Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

.mim E UNrrn STATES 4Armar OFFICE.

HENRY M. BISSELL, F PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANTA, ASSIGNOR TO BISSELL du CO., OF SAME PLACE.

GAS-STOV E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,101, dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed December 23, 1889. Serial No. 334,605x (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. BISSELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Gas- Stoves, of which improvements the following is a specification.

The invention described herein relates to 1o certain improvements in gas-stoves for iireplaces. As heretofore constructed and arranged it has been necessary to remove the grate or coal-basket before the gas stove could be putin place and connected to the f5 gas-supply pipes, thereby causing considerable labor and delay in changing from one kind of fuel to the other.

The object of the invention is to provide a stove that can be readily put in place for use zo without disturbing the coal-burning arrangements in the fire-place, and can be easily removed when it is desired or necessary to use coal.

In general terms, the invention Iconsists in 2 5 the construction and arrangement of mechanical devices or elements, all as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front 3o elevation of my improved stove as applied to a fire-place. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the stove removed from the fire-place; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view, the plane of section being indicated by the line @c x, Fig. 2.

In the practice of my invention Va plate 1, corresponding to the ordinary summer-front, is placed in the fire-place, which is of the usual or ordinary construction, and can therefore have the plate applied without disturb- 4o ing the grate or coal-basket, as shown in Fig. 3. Onto this plate 1 is attached a frame 2,

forming the top, sides, and the front of the upper portion of the gas-stove. This frame is preferably connected to the plate by screws or bolts, but may be formed integral therewith, if desired. The bottom of the firechamber formed by a shelf 3, extending across the stove and secured at its ends to the sides of the frame, and on this shelf is supported the back plate -LL of the stove, ar- 5c ranged a short distance from the plate 1, and extending from side to side of the stove and up to the top thereof, as shown in Fig. 3. This back plate is provided with a nozzle or pipe-section 5, extending rearwardly through the plate 1 into the {ire-place, and serving as the escape for the products of combustion. The burner or burners 6 are attached to or otherwise supported by the shelf 3, which also serves to support the fire-brick tile S, 6o forming the back wall of the stove. The front of the lower portion of the stove is formed by a plate 9, removable so as to permit access to the burner and supply-pipe for the purpose of connecting and disconnecting the same. rlhe plate 0 is formed with openings for the admission of air, which iiows thence up between the plate 1 and back plate i, and being heated escapes through openings in the top of the stove, as shown in 7o Fig. 3.

Fire-places vary considerably in lateral and vertical dimensions, so that it is necessary to provide plates 1 corresponding in dimension to the standard sizes of fire-places, and then 7 5 for small differences reduce the plate by cntting or grinding. In order to avoid carrying such a large stock of plates and the cutting and grinding heretofore necessary, the plate 1 is provided with wings 10, adjustably at- 8o tached thereto by bolts or rivets passing through slots in the wings, as shown in Fig.

2, so that the dimensions of the plate may be changed to suit a large range of dre-places.

The stove is provided with arremovable S5 front plate 11, adapted, where no fire is required, to close the front of the stove, the whole structurepresenting the appearance of a summer-front for the fire-place.

I claim herein as my invention.

1. The combination of a plate or summerfront constructed to close the front of a fireplace lying in or approximately in the plane of the front of the fire-place, and a gas-stove attached to said plate or summer-front, subattached to said plate or sum mer-front, substantially as set forth. stantially as set forth. IO 2. The combination of a plate or summer- In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set front lying in o1` approximately in the plane my hand. 5 of the front of the fire-place, provided with HENRY M. BISSELL.

adjustable Wings, whereby said plate may be 'itnesses: Y made to fitin and close the fronts of fire- DARWIN S. VVOLCOTT,

places of different dimensions, and a gas-stove R. H. VHITTLESEY. 

